Granted Patent B2

US 12,192,250 · App. 17/736,630 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Inventors: Jonghyun Park (Suwon-si, KR); Eunkyoung Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Kirak Bae (Suwon-si, KR); Seungnam Jin (Suwon-si, KR); Yongchul Choi (Suwon-si, KR)

Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

H04L65/1016H04L65/1073H04W36/00226H04W76/10H04W84/12

Abstract

Claims (31)

1. An electronic device comprising:

first communication circuitry supporting new radio (NR) communication and long term evolution (LTE) communication;

second communication circuitry supporting wireless local area network (LAN) communication; and

at least one processor operatively connected to the first communication circuitry and the second communication circuitry,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

register, via the first communication circuitry, the electronic device with an NR network for the NR communication,

connect, via the second communication circuitry, communication with an evolved packet data gateway (ePDG) based on a protocol data unit (PDU) session being identified as being connected over a wireless LAN network for the wireless LAN communication in a state in which the electronic device has registered with the NR network,

obtain, from the ePDG, information related to a call function of the NR network including at least one of information related to whether the NR network supports the call function or information related to whether the NR network supports handover of the PDU session to the NR network,

connect the PDU session over the wireless LAN network,

if the NR network does not support the handover of the PDU session to the NR network, release the registration with the NR network and register the electronic device with an LTE network for the LTE communication, in a state in which the connection of the PDU session over the wireless LAN network is maintained, and

if the NR network supports the handover of the PDU session to the NR network and supports the call function, maintain the registration with the NR network, in a state in which the connection of the PDU session over the wireless LAN network is maintained.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to obtain the information related to the call function of the NR network through an Internet key exchange (IKE) negotiation operation or security association initialization operation for the communication connection with the ePDG.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control the connection with the NR network based on at least one of an operation mode or network policy of the electronic device, based on the handover of the PDU session to the NR network being supported and the call function being not supported by the NR network.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

maintain the use of the NR communication based on the electronic device being in an idle mode, and

restrict the use of the NR communication based on the electronic device being in a call mode.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the PDU session comprises an Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) PDU session.

6. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

registering with an new radio (NR) network for NR communication;

connecting communication with an evolved packet data gateway (ePDG) based on a protocol data unit (PDU) session being identified as being connected over a wireless LAN network for wireless LAN communication in a state in which the electronic device has registered with the NR network;

obtaining, from the ePDG, information related to a call function of the NR network including at least one of information related to whether the NR network supports the call function or information related to whether the NR network supports handover of the PDU session to the NR network;

connecting the PDU session over the wireless LAN network; and

if the NR network does not support the handover of the PDU session to the NR network, releasing the registration with the NR network and registering the electronic device with an long term evolution (LTE) network for LTE communication, in a state in which the connection of the PDU session over the wireless LAN network is maintained; and

if the NR network supports the handover of the PDU session to the NR network and supports the call function, maintaining the registration with the NR network, in a state in which the connection of the PDU session over the wireless LAN network is maintained.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the obtaining of the information related to the call function of the NR network comprises obtaining the information related to the call function of the NR network through an Internet key exchange (IKE) negotiation operation or security association initialization operation for the communication connection with the ePDG.

8. The method of claim 6 ,

wherein the controlling of the connection with the NR network comprises controlling the connection with the NR network based on at least one of an operation mode or network policy of the electronic device, based on the handover of the PDU session to the NR network being supported and the call function being not supported by the NR network.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the controlling of the connection with the network using the NR communication comprises:

maintaining the use of the NR communication based on the electronic device being in an idle mode; and

restricting the use of the NR communication based on the electronic device being in a call mode.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the PDU session comprises an Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) PDU session.

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